16 Hudson is a Canadian animated series, produced by Big Bad Boo about four friends, Lili, Sam, Amala and Luc, living in a small apartment in a big city. The series was created by Shabnam Rezaei and based on the fifteen-episode miniseries Lili & Lola from 2015. 16 Hudson gained international recognition in October 2021 by winning the MIPCOM Diversify TV Award in Cannes, France, up against Disney and the BBC.[1]
The series first broadcast by TVOKids in August 21, 2018, and Knowledge Kids since September 3, 2018 followed by French channels Ici Radio-Canada Première and TFO. The series also airs on Amazon Prime in the US. [2] The first and second seasons each have 39 episodes which are each 7 minutes long. A series of five ER (emergency room) shorts put out as PSAs in response to COVID-19. The third season saw the friends traveling to heritage countries like China and India and visiting relatives. This third season contains 21 episodes, each approximately seven minutes long, plus five more (total 10) ER shorts. [3] This brings the total episodes in the franchise to 124 episodes.